about us
We take weed control seriously.
Our team consists of six mechanical engineers, two electrical engineers, two industrial designers and is supported by a group of amazing coaches at ETH Zurich! Each member contributes their unique expertise and know-how to the project.
Rowesys receives further help by a number of sponsors.
- Ten motivated students
- A group of expert coaches
- A growing number of amazing sponsors
Our Motivation
Farmers rely on the use of herbicides as a time-efficient and economic solution to fight weeds. However, herbicide usage has emerged to become an environmental problem worldwide. In Switzerland, measurements have shown contaminated ground water in almost all regions with agriculture.
We are driven to find a sustainable solution to this problem and organic farming is the way to go. Presently, this approach requires a large amount of work which results in high consumer prices leading to less demand for organic products. Our vision is to promote organic farming by creating an herbicide-free and economically-feasible solution. Hence, making farming more sustainable.
"We believe in a future without pesticides, we believe in our farmers and our opportunitiy to help."
our Project
Our project has gotten results, fast.
In nine months we have developed a functioning prototype that drives autonomously through the fields, differentiates between crops and weeds and removes the weed mechanically. Based on a common vision we designed an entire robot that we presented for the first time in June 2020.
There are still a lot of things to improve but we have built a strong basis. We will continue our work and help shape the future of tomorrow.
Check out our project in greater detail!
Rowesys
meet The Students
Find out, who is currently working at Rowesys.
History
meet The Focusproject Students
Our first prototyp “Rosie” was developed from August 2019 until June 2020 by a team of ten focusproject students.
The work of ETH Zurich, the University of applied sciences and arts Northwestern Switzerland and the BBZ Biel were combined in this project.
our heros
The help We Have received
This project would not have been possible without the know-how and great support from our professors and coaches
Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter | Professor and Lead at RSL
Eris Dhionis Sako | Coach
Malin Siegwart | Coach
Giorgio Valsecchi | Coach
Giuseppe Rizzi | Coach
Lennart Nachtigall | Coach
Lukas Schaupp | Coach
Konrad Meyer | Infrastructure
Maria Trodella | Administration
Prof. Dr. Achim Walter
Dr. Simone Nanzer
Hansueli Zellweger
Dr. Andreas Hund
Brigitta Herzog
Prof. Werner Baumhakl
Dr. Meret Ernst
Dr. Ralf Trachte